Re: ext3 or xfs for desktop laptop
I'm again posting out of context, due to many god posts.
I think I'm going to stick with the "standard" ext3. XFS, though I'm sure an excellent fs, seems to be not as crash-resilient as ext3. As to the suggested lvm and CryptoFS, I don't think I need them. It seems that it may be the way of the future, but for FS,
I do want stability.
Concerning the partitioner, I prefer gui to non, though I am comfortable with command-line. So, I guess qt / g parted is the way to go.
Finally, the swap. I'm not too sure what these swap-files are, but it seems to me that a swap partiton is quite acceptable as a just-in-case. I'm simply unsure as to how large I should make it.
As an aside, Mr. Johnson noted that hyperthreading can slow my computer down. In relation to the research that I did when I was wondering which kernel to use (a long time ago), I found out that hyper threading simply tells the processor to use it's free time to execute more activities. I failed to see (and still do) how this can slow my computer down. And what are examples of threaded programmes? I could not find a list.
I thank you kindly, O List.
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